Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994

A regulation may provide for the following—

establishing fees on a user pays basis—

for pilotage services in pilotage areas and compulsory pilotage areas; and

for other services for other matters incidental or related to pilotage services, including, for example, establishing other fees for delay or cancellation of pilotage services;

establishing conservancy dues in relation to ships;

procedures for the payment of pilotage fees, other fees and conservancy dues;

procedures for recovering pilotage fees, other fees or conservancy dues payable under this Act.

Without limiting the Statutory Instruments Act 1992, section 24 or 25, for establishing a pilotage fee, other fee or conservancy due under subsection (1), a regulation may establish the pilotage fee, other fee or conservancy due by reference to a ship’s length.

A conservancy due may be a tax.

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